tragedy
C773
concept
Tragedy is a dramatic or narrative form in which a protagonist, often of high status or noble character, is brought to ruin or profound suffering through a combination of personal flaws, fate, and unavoidable circumstances, evoking pity and fear in the audience.
All labels observed (21)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| tragedy canonical | 82 |
| Jacobean tragedy | 10 |
| Roman tragedy | 7 |
| Greek tragedy | 4 |
| Shakespearean tragedy | 4 |
| revenge tragedy | 4 |
| bourgeois tragedy | 3 |
| tragedy film | 3 |
| Latin tragedy | 2 |
| historical tragedy | 2 |
| Dutch tragedy | 1 |
| classical tragedy | 1 |
| lost Greek tragedy | 1 |
| lost ancient Greek tragedy | 1 |
| musical tragedy | 1 |
| naturalistic tragedy | 1 |
| neoclassical tragedy | 1 |
| tragic arc | 1 |
| tragic play | 1 |
| tragic story | 1 |
| tragédie | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: tragedy
Generated description
Tragedy is a dramatic or narrative form in which a protagonist, often of high status or noble character, is brought to ruin or profound suffering through a combination of personal flaws, fate, and unavoidable circumstances, evoking pity and fear in the audience.